The Minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni has presented a statement before Parliament on the ongoing standoff between non-teaching staff at public universities and government, over failed payment of salary enhancement and arrears. The minister says government needs more time to harmonize the salary scale of the staff. …
Read More »VIDEO: Petition against IGP Kayihura gets set back as witnesses quit
The expected appearance of the Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura before the Makindye Chief Magistrates’ court over police brutality took a new twist Tuesday when three of the witnesses lined up by the petitioners in the matter bowed out of the case. They claimed the petitioners, some ministers and …
Read More »VIDEO: US considers 4000 peacekeepers to South Sudan
The United States has recommended that the United Nations Security Council authorize a force of 4,000 peacekeepers for South Sudan’s capital Juba after a recent outbreak of violence. The US circulated a draft resolution to the 15-member council that would approve a regional protection force “to use all necessary means, …
Read More »VIDEO: Police say they have never received Baguma’s summons
The Uganda Police has refuted allegations that it has deliberately refused to arrest one of its own; former DPC of the Kampala Central Police Station Aaron Baguma. Police says they have never been served with the DPP’s arrest warrant – only reading about them in the media. Baguma is accused …
Read More »VIDEO: Obey accuses Ministry of Finance of Pension Funds mismanagement
Former Principal Accountant in the Ministry of Public Service Christopher Obey has pinned the Ministry of Finance over the pension mismanagement scam. Obey told the Anti – Corruption court in Kampala that the treasury failed to effectively control money sent to the Ministry of Public Service, leading to the scam. …
Read More »VIDEO: Negotiations with striking non-teaching university staff hits snag
NBS: Government and striking university non teaching staff have failed to agree on modalities of ending the industrial action that would allow a new academic year to open as scheduled. The negotiations hit a dead end following conflicting explanations from finance minister Matia Kasaija and his technocrats on whether the …
Read More »VIDEO: Museveni urges Ugandan athletes to show national pride in Brazil
THE Pride of Uganda is in the hands of 21 athletes who represent the country in the summer Olympics that officially opened in Rio on Friday . Those were the sentiments of President Yoweri Museveni s as he flagged off the 2nd batch of athletes to Brazil. The President urged …
Read More »VIDEO: When Besigye brought Mbarara to a standstill
NBS: Presidential runner up Col Kizza Besigye has dismissed the call for dialogue with President Museveni saying, he can only meet the incumbent if they are discussing the end to life presidency project. Besigye who paralyzed Mbarara town for hours, told mammoth supporters who thronged his rally that what Ugandans should …
Read More »VIDEO: Thousands Brave the Imbalu Knife
President Museveni has challenged Bamasaba Cultural leaders to abandon the practice of using a single knife on different imbalu candidates in order to check disease that are caused by blood transfusion. In the speech, read by the second deputy prime minister and minister for East African affairs Kirunda Kivejinja, the …
Read More »VIDEO: Will Gen Kale Kayihura Appear Before Court?
NBS: The past weeks have clearly been tough for police chief general Kale Kayihura, with calls for his sacking by a section of opposition politicians and members the public. Gen. Kale Kayihura and seven of his officers were summoned by the Makindye Magistrates’ court over torture charges relating to police …
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